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#CABBAB

Greige · light warm orange

About #CABBAB

#CABBAB is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 73% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Greige (ΔE 5.7); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABBACA — a dusty blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CABBAB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green187
Blue171

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 5.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.6
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.3

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CABBAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CABBAB.
1.87:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CABBAB.
11.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CABBAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CABBAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BBAA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4BFAB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0B7B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CABBAB?

#CABBAB is a muted, light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 73% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 15% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CABBAB?

Use black text. Black on #CABBAB has a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CABBAB?

Its complementary colour is #ABBACA, and analogous partners are #CAABAB and #C9CAAB.